• Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 18, 2006
Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 27
  2. Negative: 5 out of 27
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Critic Reviews

  1. The best sitcom this year, and one of the best in a lot of years.
  2. 88
    Juggling such a large ensemble won't be easy, and the producers have to guard against crowding too many stories together at the cost of depth and development.... If they can get the balance right, though, Class should be an ideal fit for CBS' successful Monday lineup.
  3. In addition to some screwball comedy, it also has a lot of heart.
  4. Cute but not cloying, funny but not overflowing with gratuitous sex jokes, "The Class" earns a B+, which easily puts it in contention for valedictorian among fall 2006's freshman comedies.
  5. 80
    Not since Friends has a comedy been blessed with so many appealing performers matched to sharply drawn characters.
  6. 75
    It arrives fresh, charming and consistently funny.
  7. 75
    "The Class" is a good example of how any premise can be turned into good fiction, even if it's cluttered with tired cliches.
  8. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    75
    The Class doesn't necessarily generate more laughs than other sitcoms, but it has more charm--like a kinder, gentler How I Met Your Mother--and that's incentive enough to stick with it. [16 Oct 2006, p.39]
  9. Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    70
    In the mostly undistinguished roll call of new comedies, it goes to the head of the class.
  10. And though there are a few clunkers along the way... the largely theater-trained cast is as solid as the writing, which only grows stronger in two subsequent episodes.
  11. The writing has picked up considerably since the pilot. But the real reason to try this show is the cast.
  12. 70
    A comedy with lots of charm.
  13. Reviewed by: Diane Werts
    70
    Watch the first few minutes of "The Class" in its CBS sitcom debut tonight, and you may not believe me when I say this, but here goes. I think they might have something here.
  14. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Gillian Flynn
    67
    While [Lizzy Caplan's] pretty great, the show remains merely somewhere on the edge of good. [3 Nov 2006, p.67]
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 79 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 61 out of 79
  2. Negative: 14 out of 79
  1. LizH.
    Jan 30, 2008
    9
    PLEASE BRING IT BACK! I am stunned it was totally canceled. I laughed out loud ever single episode!!! I have been waiting for it and PLEASE BRING IT BACK! I am stunned it was totally canceled. I laughed out loud ever single episode!!! I have been waiting for it and didn't believe when someone told me it wasn't coming back. I just looked it up! TERRIBLE! It is almost like a show has to have dirty comedy for people to watch it. This show was good clean fun! :( It replaced my Will & Grace (even though that was a little dirty. Full Review »
  2. b33pb33p
    Dec 14, 2007
    8
    Good, fresh new show. Great blend of characters and good storylines.
  3. BrendaC.
    Sep 12, 2007
    9
    Great show! Please don't cancel it, now that we've lost Friends this show came right at the perfect time...Please, please Great show! Please don't cancel it, now that we've lost Friends this show came right at the perfect time...Please, please don't cancel it, we can't wait for it to return. Full Review »